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A news item involving Catherine Ashton was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the In the news section on 20 November 2009.

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Neutrality

The tone of this article seems to be very much against Ashton and her appointment, I would question the article's neutrality. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.181.131.146 (talk) 13:22, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

LOL. It's very much pro this creature.

~~Well, with the amount of sentences starting "She was criticised" (in some form or the other) I'd call it unbalanced at least, not necessarily lacking neutrality.~~ On second thought: with the section on her as High Representative filled with criticism but lacking information on her work as High Representative, I tend to agree. --Completefailure (talk) 16:38, 20 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Should we think again about this? I have just added a link to the Wall Street Journal where US reps across the house are nominating her for the Nobel Prize. The naysayers are looking increasingly foolish. It would be a good article for someone to take a fresh look at. YellowFratello (talk) 10:33, 31 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I would agree that a few weeks ago, before you and I got to work on it, this was a highly unbalanced article heavily weighted against Ashton. I like to think that by now we have achieved a decent balance overall.

This said, I am not sure I understand the context of your comment. "Take a fresh look at" in what connection? What is the problem? Is it still tagged somewhere as having problems over neutrality?

In any case, Happy New Year! Nandt1 (talk) 23:26, 2 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

"...over time Ashton has demonstrated her effectiveness as a negotiator in difficult international situations. " This doesn't sound very neutral and I rather suspect many people would question in the light of her actions in Ukraine.109.173.79.58 (talk) 02:50, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, but loony lefties regard it as 'neutral' ... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.12.97.111 (talk) 19:27, 14 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Libya?

Hi, I think the article needs some mention of her work in relation to Libya. Firestar47 (talk) 20:21, 18 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 27 March 2025

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Please add the following (with the citation: https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/honorary-graduates)

In December 2023, Ashton was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Lancaster University. Mack1586 (talk) 09:57, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done

SMYTI (tk|CNTBTN)

22:37, 29 March 2025 (UTC)

Heraldic Badge

In today's edition of The Dragon (the newsletter for St George's Chapel, Windsor), it was revealed that the carving of Lady Ashton's badge (to be placed atop her quire stall in lieu of a crest) has been completed - no blazon is given but it looks like A lion's gamb erect and erased Argent armed Gules grasping a fleur-de-lis Azure and cuffed by a sprig of ash Proper fructed Or.

The newsletter is only visible if you actually subscribe to it (although it's free) so I don't know how to cite it here. Robin S. Taylor (talk) 21:12, 6 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]